This one is from the Laura Vincent Design & Gallery on NW Davis in Portland, and Sara writes that she can’t remember where it came from. Maybe from Shawn?
From this card I learned that Sara, Shawn, and I watched the movie Thelma on the same weekend.
This card is from Bibliophile Postcards. It would be nice if they also identified the bookstore. I don’t see Fup.
Sara has watched Bridgerton!
My resting heart rate bops around in the 65 to 70 beats per minute range. Sunday June 30, was my worst day of Covid symptoms. And my resting heart rate knew it!
The building that is now occupying the block where The Emerson School used to be has a very small space between it and the other buildings on the block.
There wasn’t a space before, so I assume this is a new code.
I’m on the mend from Covid, but still out of commission. Matt has also come down with some fatigue-based sickness that is not Covid. Here’s what we did.
Waited around for the excessive heat to kick in.
Played 10 Days in the USA.
Watched a an American Playhouse production of The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters.
It was written by Jean Shepard, author of A Christmas Story, and so the characters are familiar. It’s an older Ralphie.
The production values are so-so, and it could use a restoration (or an official home on YouTube) but it made us laugh hard twice, so it was a good use of our time.
I like to watch Hamilton on the Fourth, but had just watched it when Sara was here. So I watched La La Land instead.
This postcard documents different buttons. Most of the descriptions say “date unknown.” But one of them, 321.8, is from the American Library Association.
I recognized 321.8 as a Dewy Decimal System number and looked it up.
According to LibraryThing, 321.8 is Democratic Government (formerly Republic).
The list of selected works is interesting:
What was the American Library Association getting at?
Sara reports that it’s quite good to be home, and especially nice to see the cats.
*Book Group Selection | Bolded Means Favorite
*Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
*Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams
*Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar
*Next Stop by Debbie Fong
I wouldn’t mind going on this kind of tour.
The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer
The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram
Where is Jackson finding so many t-shirts with tags in them? My shirts have had the tag info screen printed in them for years.
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Face blindness was a thing in YA literature a few years ago. In a standard grownup romance novel, it makes for an interesting plot. The villain was a little too uniformly evil, though.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Somewhat of a difficult read due to the everyday sexism, but also very entertaining in the rejection of that sexism.
I tried hitting my eggs with a knife rather than cracking them on the counter or the bowl and found it a good technique.
Little Free Library find.
Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments by Gary Taubes
Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars by Richard K. Bernstein
Sugarless: A 7-Step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars, Curb Your Cravings, and Conquer Your Addiction by Nicole M. Avena (strangely not listed on Goodreads…)
Keto QuickStart A Beginner’s Guide to A Whole-foods Ketogenic Diet by Diane Sanfilippo
Having made it more than four years without experiencing Covid-19, I thought perhaps I was one of those people with natural immunity. But I wasn’t feeling well the previous day, and though I managed to make deviled eggs and go out to eat, I just kept feeling worse and worse.
So I tested Sunday morning. As I have done before, I set the test aside to wait the ten minutes for the test to do its work. But at about the three minute mark, I walked by and that second line caught my eye.
I totally had Covid.
Aside from not feeling well (Sunday was the worst day with fever and chills and absolutely no energy), I was bummed that I had made super spreader deviled eggs and hauled myself to a restaurant. I should have tested on Saturday. Then I could have at least eaten the deviled eggs myself.
I suspect square dancing at the Reser was my contamination point. Bummer.
On this day, despite feeling very tired, I made deviled eggs for Heidi and Kevin’s summer party. We could only stay an hour at the party, because we had dinner reservations, so I left the uneaten eggs there.
Speaking of dinner reservations…
Matt and I enjoyed a delicious birthday dinner at Ya Hala’s Fairuz Room.
The prix fixe menu was economical and generous. Look at that menu!
The hummus and baba ghanouj were particularly good, as was the falafel. But it was all delicious.
We opted for the seasonal dessert, which came with a candle.
Sara writes that she got this postcard in Yachats at the gift shop with 25-cent postcards. She got this one and 14 others.
This postcard also commemorates Shawn’s grandmother’s internment, which Shawn planned using his excellent order-of-service skills. Sara found the service very moving.
The Reser Center for the Arts hosted Friends of Dorothy: A Queer Cabaret, and the Rosetown Ramblers got to square dance as part of the performance. It was Matt’s birthday, so I made cupcakes and we sang Happy Birthday after we practiced our routines.
In the Green Room, Matt poses in front of one of the dressing rooms.
Here’s the show list:
It was fun to hang out backstage. I think the last time I had that experience was the 1989 recital for the Kathy Lee School of Dance. I got to see drag queens in various stages of undress.
However, it’s entirely possible that hanging out in the Green Room might have had a consequence. More on that later.
